Canyonlands Hike - Chesler Park
Details
Chesler Park in the Needles District - Moderate hike.
- Distance: 5.8 miles round-trip
- Elevation Gain: ~533 feet base change (higher cumulative gain)
- Trailhead: Elephant Hill
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxSbkgCqhANTMBRn8
- 38.141742, -109.827002
- Why it's great: You start at Elephant Hill and ascend via beautiful stone steps onto slickrock benches. You will wind between massive boulders and pass through a dramatic, cool slot canyon. The trail ends at a high mountain pass that breaks out into a staggering, panoramic view of the desert grasslands bordered by hundreds of colorful sandstone spires.

